RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does red-breasted nuthatch mean? 

• RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (noun)
  The noun RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH has 1 sense:

1. bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests

  Familiarity information: RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bluish-grey nuthatch with reddish breast; of northern coniferous forests

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

red-breasted nuthatch; Sitta canadensis

Hypernyms ("red-breasted nuthatch" is a kind of...):

nutcracker; nuthatch (any of various small short-tailed songbirds with strong feet and a sharp beak that feed on small nuts and insects)

Holonyms ("red-breasted nuthatch" is a member of...):

genus Sitta; Sitta (type genus of the Sittidae)